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Scottish footballer

Thomas Scott
Personal information
Full name Thomas Scott
Date of birth 6 July 1895
Place of birth Crieff, Scotland
Date of death 15 September 1976(1976-09-15) (aged 81)
Place of death Denny, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Denny Hibernian
1917–1929 Falkirk  387 (15)
1929–1930 Morton  23 (0)
Total 410 (15)
International career
1922 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Scott (6 July 1895 – 15 September 1976) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily for Falkirk, where he spent 12 years and was the club's regular penalty taker for much of that time (anecdotally it is reported that when such a kick was awarded he would jog up from his defensive position to the penalty spot and strike the ball at goal without pausing).

Scott was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI (goalkeeper Thomas Ferguson, his Falkirk teammate for a decade, also played in that match), and was a member of a Scottish Football Association party which toured North America in 1927, but never received a full cap for Scotland.

He was also an accomplished golfer, challenging for the club championship at his local course.

References

  1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. Thomas Scott, Find A Grave
  3. Season preview 1927-28: Falkirk F.C., The Athletic News, 1 August 1927, via Play Up Liverpool
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Scott Thomas Image 2 Falkirk 1922, Vintage Footballers
  6. Thomas Scott, Falkirk Football Historian, 19 November 2013
  7. "[SFL player] A Scott [sic]". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1927 Tour of Canada by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1927". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. Denny Golf Club, Stirlingshire. (1896 - 1950s), Golf's Missing Links


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